Orpington parkrun Alan NIBLOCK 00:20:37 Saturday also saw 4 club members participate in the Beachy Head Marathon, this very tough course (check out the hill profile on their website) and all survived the hills- well done all. 282 ROBSON, STEPHEN 4:22:39.401049 ESTERHUYSE, KARIEN 5:47:32.501050 EVES, PETER 5:47:32.551340 HOSSACK, MATTHEW 7:00:23.75Sunday I ventured to Wimbledon Common for a 10k run by RunThrough.co.uk - very well organised low key event and would recommend their other events. Free post race fruit, lucozade and sports massage, with tea and coffee and homemade cakes available at a small charge. Brilliant off road run. Can happily report I ran then entire 10k and made it to the end unbroken. Yay!238 Joanna Gambell 01:08:45Sunday was also the day of the Great South Run, a 10 mile run starting from Portsmouth. Reports suggested that the last few miles were just a bit windy- well done to the 7 of you who took part.Steve Jeffrey 01:12:48Steve Jeffrey 01:12:54Dawn Godliman 01:36:32Mark Bentley 01:39:37Susan Hanney 01:40:31Eoghain Jarrold 01:45:27Terry Godliman 01:52:12

Our resident ultrarunner Jeremy Smallwood took on the challenge of the Stort 30 mile race as the sweeper, helping along and motivating those runners at the back of this pack on this lovely sounding route. Well done Jerry!122 07:18:00 Jerry SmallwoodUntil next week....keep running!

Folks,Don't forget the the PWR Christmas Party is being held on Saturday 23rd November in the Daylight Inn from 7.30pm.A chance to hydrate with a pint or glass or two and perform some stretching whilst dancing 'Gangnam' style.£10 entrance, pay on the door. You will receive a glass of fizz and a raffle ticket on entry.We would like to gauge interest if a group of volunteers would like to help put together a cold buffet. You will of course be re-imbursed for any costs. (No Smoked Salmon or Quails eggs required) If interested, please let Jonathan know by the end of this week.Also, if anybody has any photos of any PWR's taken this year, please can you e-mail them to meCheersRay

Bromley parkrun continues to be the location of choice for most of the club runners on a Saturday morning- I suspect because most PWR's are chasing their fastest parkrun time at any event as part of the October Grand Prix. Some runners ventured to Dulwich, known for its very flat and fast 3 lap course, and we had representation at Orpington, Brockenhurst, Bexley, Greenwich and Orpington also. Look out for the updated Grand Prix standings later on in the week where you can work out who to trip up on the start line. I mean, who to beat. PB's this week for Jane Branch, Neil Baynes and Yolanda Martinez. Bexley parkrun14 Jane BRANCH 00:22:16 PB

Orpington parkrun18 Karen BARRITT 00:24:02 33 Ka Sing TUNG 00:25:55 60 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:28:36 69 Wendy TUNG 00:29:55Only a few races to report for Sunday, many of us decided to attend the first race of the Kent Fitness League in Knole Park in Sevenoaks. This was a tough 5.6 mile course and many of us were reminded of the difference cross country running makes to your fitness- I certainly found muscles that hadn't ached before!5 members decided to venture over to Twickenham to run the Cabbage Patch 10 miler, Johnny Gill managed a new PB and set a new club record. All without a functioning Garmin! Phil Morley broke his own club record in the Amsterdam marathon and Steve Jeffrey took part in the first running of the York Marathon despite injury and lack of training in the run up to the event did a time that he describes as a personal worst but the rest of us think is still brilliant!Kent Fitness League- Knole Park, SevenoaksSimon Bryant 36:40 Stephen Robson 39:05 Jamie Fernandes 39:25 Grant Fripp 39:33 Stuart Scott 39:51 David Moon 40:16 John Gurney 40:45 Martin Cunningham 41:04 Chris Turner 41:47 David Latimer 43:05 Emma Crawford 43:06 Kieran Turner 43:15 Jenny Leng 44:53 Kevin Castle 45:24 Rob White 45:41 Shawn Ward 48:24 Mike Reeves 48:52 Sigrid Robson 49:00 Karien Esterhuyse 51:23 David Allison 52:14 Ray Sievey 52:31 Emma Graham 58:31 Sherry Bevan 1:05:52 Jo Gambell 1:07:45

Amsterdam MarathonPhilip Morley Petts Wood 3:32:29 New PB and New Club RecordJerry Smallwood donned the union jack shorts for another ultra run- this time at the Caesars Camp Endurance run where he did an amazing 30miles in 7hours 41 mins. Respect!

Thankfully for this report writer, this week was much easier to summarise the running and racing activities of PWR given things were much quieter. Autumn is definitely now here, and this marks the end of a summer of long distance racing for many of our club members. I think it is brilliant to look back and see all that we have achieved over the last few months, with many members breaking club records, getting new PB's and of course completing new distances for the first time. Well done everyone, you should be very proud of yourselves. Now with Autumn upon us, cross country season starts with the Kent Fitness League this weekend. And I'm sure Bromley parkrun will turn into a mudbath before long, perhaps making it necessary to return to the 'widdershins' winter route!Talking of parkruns, we still had a fair few members turn up to get their 9am running fix. Clearly, the rest of us need to get hold of whatever Andrew Breese is eating for breakfast- he has set 6 new PB's over his last 7 parkruns and is almost sub 20 mins. Well done Andrew. There were also PB's for James Macdonald, Debbie MacKenzie and Paula Dimond. Paula is up to 25 parkruns- starting out at a time of 30 minutes and she is now on her way to sub 22. There's hope for the rest of us then! Johnny Gill took a trip to Dulwich for the first time and the Laing family returned to Shorne Woods to try out the run there for a second time. Bromley parkrun4 Grant FRIPP 00:19:10 5 Stuart J SCOTT 00:19:12 10 Alan NIBLOCK 00:19:31 13 Gary VAUGHAN 00:19:42 23 Andrew BREESE 00:20:13 PB 36 Matt JONES 00:21:02 37 Martin Andrew CUNNINGHAM 00:21:02 39 Rebecca CAWLEY 00:21:14 46 Mark BURGESS 00:21:36 51 Kathryn Louise SUCKLING 00:21:44 64 James MACDONALD 00:22:17 PB 66 Paula DIMOND 00:22:26 PB 71 Jenny LENG 00:22:31 137 Ray SIEVEY 00:24:41 155 Natalie COMPTON 00:25:30 160 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:25:39 184 Emily BARBER 00:26:29 193 David SIMPSON 00:26:43 194 Mark DOYLE 00:26:44 195 Della HARRIS 00:26:44 196 David ALLISON 00:26:45 199 Kenny SHARP 00:26:50 230 Helen HART 00:28:42 241 Susan Louise HANNEY 00:29:00 246 Robyn STUBBS 00:29:15 267 Debbie MCKENZIE 00:30:55 PB 303 Helen NEOCLEOUS 00:35:51Dulwich parkrun13 Johnny GILL 00:19:04 37 Stephen FAULKNER 00:21:00 PBHilly Fields parkrun33 Sigrid ROBSON 00:24:08Orpington parkrun23 Ka Sing TUNG 00:25:57 39 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:29:15Shorne Woods parkrun4 Rob LAING 00:21:28 20 Sonja LAING 00:24:42 48 Richard LAING 00:35:38Sunday's racing was very quiet. Most probably because almost all of us were having a great time standing in the torrential rain in and around Petts Wood for our 10k. Despite the terrible weather, I think a great time was had by runners and volunteers alike. It certainly showed the true sprit of our club and I'm looking forward to next year already. Just one lone racer to report- Emma Hay took on the half marathon distance for the first time at the Maidstone Half marathon. Despite saying to me on Saturday that she would be lucky to get round in 2 and a half hours, she finished in a great time. Well done Emma!Maidstone Half Marathon332 Emma Hay 2:17:02

This week’s instalment of the weekly results round up is much longer than usual. Lots of PWRs had decided to race this weekend and our facebook page was a hive of activity. This results reporter would like to request a much quieter weekend next week. Or my brain might explode.

To start with Saturday, a huge amount of us turned up at Bromley parkrun. It was pacer week and clearly the thought of a new PB, in addition to the start of the parkrun Grand Prix month, got lots of us out of bed. Petts Wood Runners accounted for just fewer than 10% of the total runners on Saturday and it is great to see month on month our runners donning the pacer vests to help other runners. Andrew Breese, John Aitken Dyte got PB’s at Bromley, Jane Branch at Bexley, Wendy Tung at Orpington and Stu Mackenzie at Greenwich. There was also a bit of parkrun tourism by the Laing family at Shorne Woods, Toni Crow at Brighton and Emma Coakley at Preston Park.

Grand Prix standings after 1 parkrun:If you didn't already know, October's Grand Prix is your best time at any parkrun during the month. Natalie Compton has calculated the standings so far- the people above you are the people to beat.

Right, so onto Sunday. PWR's were seen racing far and wide, from Dulwich, to Chester, to Bournemouth and to Jersey. We had members tackling the half marathon distance for the first time, new distance PB's, post injury PB's and a new addition to the ultra club. Here we go:

As the title says, three new club records have been set Johnny Gill now holds the 0/50 record for a Half Marathon with a time of 1:27:47 in the Royal Parks Half beating John Gurney’s 1:29:00 that he ran in Amsterdam last year Brian O’Connor has lowered the Senior Marathon record with a time of 2:47:13 at Berlin beating his own (set in Derry only 3 months ago) record by a whopping 5 and a half minutes! And to make amends for losing his Half Marathon record, John Gurney set a new O/50 record for the Marathon with a time of 3:14:49 also at Berlin beating Martin Cunningham’s Boston effort of 3:16:34 Tremendous times Gentlemen!

So Johnny Gill, I will happily celebrate with you and toast your achievement with that beer you still owe me ;-)

Ray

STOP PRESS - UPDATE

Sincere apologies to Geraldine Schaer who was omitted. Geraldine managed to knock a couple of minutes of the club record she held for Half Marathon by completing the Ealing Half in 1:32:37. Well done Geraldine!

Orpington parkrun 19 Andrew BREESE 00:20:58 PB 68 Janet LITTLEJOHN 00:28:37The big event and the culmination of months and months of training in the hotter than usual weather for 13 club members was Sunday's Berlin Marathon. Lots of PBs to be had and a couple of club records broken I think... It was a real shame to hear that Laura Stables was poorly and didn't manage to finish. Luckily she had Karen Barritt to look after her en route. Next time Laura! Berlin Marathon» O'Connor, Brian 02:47:13 PB » Gurney, John 03:14:49 » Robson, Stephen 03:14:51 » Niblock, Alan 03:18:18 » Vaughan, Gary 03:18:47 PB » Roberts, Hannah 03:30:35 » Robson, Sigrid 03:49:29» Barritt, Christopher 03:54:42 » Vaughan, Sian 04:01:12 PB » Esterhuyse, Karien 04:03:50 » Graham, Emma 04:54:48Dan Palmer took a trip in a different direction and went all the way to Bonnie Scotland for the Loch Ness Marathon. Despite a recent injury he still managed a very respectable marathon time. Hope that knee is ok Dan! Did you see Nessie?

Loch Ness Marathon2144 Daniel Palmer 04:50:32

Geraldine Schaer and Pete Eves decided to take on the Ealing half marathon on its second year running. This race has pretty good reviews and might be one to consider for the future. Geraldine loved it so much she got herself a shiny new PB!Ealing Half Marathon287 Geraldine Schaer 01:32:37 PB1693 Peter Eves 01:54:49

Three PWRs decided to take on the Dartford Bridge 10k, a fast and flat 2 lap course on the outskirts of Dartford. Although this race doesn't have the best sounding scenery, reviews are actually pretty good especially if you are after a new 10k PBDartford Bridge 10k35 Sam Perry 146 00:43:11 55 Stephen Faulkner 0:45:07118 Richard Dunstan 00:52:33And to end this weeks report on a slightly different result, Michael Maxted took on the Cancer Research UK SHINE walking marathon where he finished in an incredible 15th place (out of 16,000 people) in a brilliant time of 6 hours 13 minutes. That is some FAST walking!

Again, very quiet on the racing front on Sunday morning. PWRs picked between the Chislehurst Chase 10k, the Tonbridge Half Marathon with many PWR's turning up at WIllet Rec to run the PWR 10k route. Well done to the Group 1 ladies who completed their furthest run(s) so far- good work!

Chislehurst Chase 10k Results are only published for the top 50 finishers; of which PWR managed 3 places:

27 John Perkins 44:3334 Toby Walsh 45:0745 Sam Perry 46:39

Mark Burgess, Janet Littlejohn and Moy McGowan all took part but no published times available.

Tonbridge Half Marathon 5 members chose to take part in the Tonbridge Half Marathon. Jo Robinson completed her first half despite a funny moment at 10.5 miles, leading her to forage in the bushes for sugar in the form of blackberries, and Simon Dahdi finished his first half in a brilliant time especially considering he only decided to take the place offered up by Steve J Sam the night before! 63 SImon Dahdi 1:32:20173 Andrew Breese 1:39:05265 Grant Fripp 1:45:38486 Peter Eves 1:55:28872 Jo Robinson 2:22:43

New Forest Half MarathonPhil Morley ventured into the New Forest to complete the half marathon distance. 581 Phil Morley 1:59:50